Who Should I Trade?

Edward Cabrera for Seth Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Seth Lugo SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	# 127
VBR	# 482	# 389

Projections

Strikeouts	12	25
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.44
WHIP	1.33	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 136

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	# 123

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 73	# 103

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	# 112

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Seth Lugo SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	27

Games Started	15	27

Innings Pitched	76.0	150.1

Wins	5	6

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	78	160

Earned Runs	48	77

Home Runs Allowed	15	16

Strikeouts	67	116

Walks	32	47

ERA	5.68	4.61

WHIP	1.45	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Seth Lugo SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	1	6

Innings Pitched	12.3	30.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	32

Earned Runs	6	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	12	25

Walks	5	10

ERA	4.17	4.44

WHIP	1.33	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Seth Lugo SP - KC
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said the "working plan" is to have Edward Cabrera return as a reliever. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Seth Lugo allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th
	The Cubs placed Edward Cabrera on the 15-day injured list with a blister. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out three over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th
	Edward Cabrera developed a blister on his right middle finger during his start Sunday, but he is optimistic he’ll be able to make his next start. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out four over 4.2 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th
	Edward Cabrera allowed seven runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two across 3.2 innings in Sunday's 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th
	The Cubs activated Edward Cabrera from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC			Seth Lugo SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Edward Cabrera for Seth Lugo (2026)

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